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  2. GERMANS SOWING MINES.

    Germans continue to sow minefields, usually about 30 miles out from and opposite the east coast and commercial harbours of England. ...

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  3. IN ALBANIA.

    An International Commission of Control will shortly assume the Government of Albania Prince. William of Wied, the nominal King of Albania, pardoned ...

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  4. RECRUITING IN BRITAIN.

    Up to the present 200,000 men have been recruited in Great Britain for general service. Four bundled of the men in the ...

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  5. UNITED STATES NEUTRALITY.

    Count Berastorff, German Ambassador to the United States, is trying to involve the United states in the neutrality question. He states that he has positive ...

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  6. AUSTRIANS AND RUSSIANS.

    The wounded who have arrived from Prussia describe how they stood for hours with shrapnel raining down, being in able to tee a single German for dust ...

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  7. ATTACK ON TSINGTAU.

    Chaina, following the precedent in the Russia-Japanese war, has declared that at such points within Lingkau and Lai-chau and the neighbourhood of Kain-chau Bay as ...

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  8. BRITISH CRUISER PATHFINDER LOST.

    The Prime Minister to-night received the following cable from the High Commissioner:—"Official: The cruiser Pathfinder struck a mine at 1.30 on Saturday ...

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  9. THE WHEAT MARKET.

    The wheat market is firm. The Chicago wheat market is strong September wheat is quoted at 116 to 121 cents per bushel; December, 119 to 124¾ cents. ...

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  10. ULSTER VOLUNTEERS.

    Seven hundred men of the North Belfast Regiment of Ulster Volunteers were enlisted to-day in Lord Kitchener's second army. The contingent paraded ...

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  11. ALLEGED GERMAN VICTORIES.

    Count Beinstorff, the German Ambassador announces the capture of 90,000 Russians, all the northern forts of Trance, and the complete defeat of the Russians ...

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  12. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S BUDGET

    The following cables have been received from the High Commissioner under date September 4, 5.55 p.m.:— "Official: Seven German destroyers and ...

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  13. "IT WAS AWFUL."

    A letter from a wounded Gordon Highlander describes the retreat from Mons as fighting by day and retiring by night until they came to Cambrai on Tuesday ...

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  14. CRICKETERS AND NATIONALISTS.

    Eight of the Hampshire county cricket professional players have enlisted with the Territorials, and eight of the Hampshire amateurs are at the front or have ...

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  15. WOUNDED ABANDONED.

    Thirty-five thousand Austrian and Russian wounded were abandoned between Tarnogrod and Tarnpol, besides those in Lemberg. Owing to the ...

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  16. APPEAL TO NONCONFORMISTS.

    Sir William R. Nicoll, the editor, in the "British Weekly," appeals to Nonconformists to encourage recruiting. If the voluntary system fails, there must be ...

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  17. WOOL SALES.

    A further 7000 bales of slipes and medium and coarse crossbreds were sold privately at a penny above July rates. ...

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  18. DUTCH STEAMEK DISREGARDS SIGNALS.

    The British cruiser Suffolk stopped a Dutch steamer a few miles off New York Harbour because the cruiser's signals were disregarded. ...

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  19. HOW SAMSONOFF DIED.

    General Samsonoff who lost his life when the Russian forces suffeted a reverse in the swamps near Allenstein, in Lastern Prussia refused to beed warnings ...

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  20. GERMAN NAVAL RAID.

    The Admiralty announces that two German cruisers and four destroyers sank 15 British fishing boats in the North Sea, and made prisoners of the crews. ...

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  21. WEALTHY JEWS CONTRIBUTION.

    Mr. Hardcion a wealthy Jew, is raising and equipping at his own expense a mounted force of local Britishers to go to the front. ...

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  22. COLUMBIA'S GENEROSITY.

    British Columbia has decided upon making a gift to the Motherland of 1,200,0001b. of canned salmon, which is intended for the troops in France. ...

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  23. RAISING PRICES DURING WAR.

    The Federal Grand Jury is investigating the undue increase of food prices, as a result of the war seare, and has returned 32 indictments against unnamed parties ...

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  24. THE BRITISH FORCE.

    The, War Office is appealing for 250 motor drivers for motor ambulances to go to the front. ...

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  25. CAT O' NINE TAILS.

    A formidable cat o' nine tails was found in overy officer's cabin on the Gunman cruiser Magdeburg, which went ashore in the Gulf of Finland and was destroyed. ...

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  26. GIRLS WHO WOULD GO TO WAR.

    Colonel Tomisofski's two daughters and Sparta Gerard's daughter, it Vilna, disguised as soldiers, stole off from the theatre to go to the war. Eventually their ...

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  27. BOUNTIES TO RECRUITS DISCOURAGED.

    The Government Press Bureau requests wealthy residents to discontinue isolated encouragement in the form of money bounties to recruits, as beiug likely to ...

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  28. SOUTH AFRICA.

    The Durban Chamber of Commerce has passed a resolution regretting that hitherto South Africa has not given much support to the Imperial Navy, and ...

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  29. THAT SCRAP OF PAPER.

    The New York "World," commenting editorially on Germany's callous disavowal of her treaty obligations, says that for a hundred years a "scrap of paper" has ...

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  30. RUSSIA WILL LEVY.

    The daily newspaper "Metropole" states that Russia has notified Germany of her intention to levy on every German town occupied a contribution double that ...

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  31. AN ANXIOUS TIME.

    Passengers aboard the steamer Niagara, which arrived from Vancouver on Saturday, had an anxious time in crossing the Pacific. Every night while at sea the ...

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  32. AUSTRIAN BARBARITY.

    The Nish correspondent of the "Journal" states that Austrians bound together and shot 80 Servian prisoners at Shabatz. They bayoneted the Bodies, saying, "We ...

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  33. BRITISH CASUALTIES.

    The War Office has issued a further list of casualties, consisting of 16 officers killed, 53 wounded, and 94 missing. LONDON, Saturday. ...

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  34. A COMPLETE CONTINGENT OFFERED.

    The South Africans have inagurated a movement to offer the Government a completely horsed and equipped contingent of 500, with maxim, aviation, and ...

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  35. WAR IN THE AIR.

    A British submarine picked up a German aviation pilot and the mechanic from a flotting aeroplane in the North Sea, 50 miles from Harwich. ...

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  36. THE DEVON SPIRIT.

    The "Daily Chronicle" states that the Devonshire Regiment were magnificent in action. They fought with the real Devon spirit and tenacity. ...

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  37. ITALIAN SYMPATHY.

    At an enthusiastic meeting of Italians in London resolutions were carried expressing sympathy with England. The speakers affirmed that it was the duty ...

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  38. TAXATION IN AMERICA.

    In order to raise the necessary money to finance the United States and to make up for the loss of revenue through the falling off of trade, it has practically ...

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  39. PRINCE OF WALES'S FUND.

    The Prince of Wales's Relief Fund now amounts to £2,189,000, including £100,000 contributed by Glasgow. ...

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  40. ARRIVAL OF THE OTWAY.

    Running four days late the steamer Otway arrived to-day. She had got as far as Gibraltar when war was declared and owing to the presence of the German ...

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  41. AMERICAN RED CROSS HOSPITAL.

    The American Women's Fund for the British Red Cross Hospital has reached over £21,000. ...

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  42. GERMAN AEROPLANE DESTROYED.

    As a Taube aeroplane was approaching Vincennes to-day a French aviator advanced and circled above the Taube, and discharged grapeahot into, the wing of ...

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  43. EXODUS TO ENGLAND.

    There is a great exodus from Havre to England, and all the boats are crowded, the passengers including many refugees. ...

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  44. THE CRYSTAL PALACE.

    The Admiralty has taken over the Crystal Palace for naval uses. ...

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  45. THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE.

    The Austrian casualties in Galicia numbered 20,000. All the buildings in Lemberg are packed with Austrian wounded, who were abandoned in the heading ...

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  46. EARLIER CLOSING OF HOTELS.

    All licensed houses in London will be closed at 11 p.m. after Monday next. ...

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  47. BOMBARDMENT OF GHENT.

    German aeroplanes bombarded Ghent, and also Eecloo, 12 miles N.W. of Ghent, causing some damage to property, but no loss of life. ...

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  48. CHIVALRY TO GERMANS.

    The Acting Governor or the Gold Coast (West Africa), in a proclamation on August 5 informed the chiefs and peoples of the existence of ...

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  49. WIRELESS STATIONS.

    The United States Government has decided to take over the single wireless station communicating with Europe, and allow messages in code and eipher to go ...

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  50. APPEAL TO BRITISH SPORTSMEN

    The Government Press Bureau states that Field-Marshal Lord Roberts has made an appeal to sportsmen for the loan of a race field for the purpose of holding ...

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  51. THREE AEROPLANES IN ACTION.

    During a visit by Queen Alexandra to wounded soldiers returned from the front they related to her Majesty how a German aeroplane hovering over British ...

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  52. FOOTBALL FIXTURES CANCELLED.

    The Rugby Union, in deference to Lord Kitchener's appeal, has cancelled its international fixtures and the county championship games. ...

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  53. ATLANTIC TRADE ROUTES CLEAR.

    The trade routes of the Atlantic are perfectly free of the enemy. A statement to this effect has been officially made to the State Department by Sir Cecil ...

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  54. GERMAN STEAMER FURTH.

    The Government of Ceylon has in formed the Premier (Hon. D. F. Denham) that the homeward bound German steamer Furth is foreibly detained at ...

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  55. AUSTRALIAN MAILS.

    The mails from Australia by the steamer Mongolia have been delivered. ...

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  56. SUSPECTED GERMANS.

    Tile police are investigating daily several hundred suspicious cases of Germans in London, and sending them to the concentration camp. ...

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  57. CAPTURE GERMANY'S TRADE.

    The Hon George Foster (Minister for Trade and Comerce) has issued an appeal to Canadian manufucturers to capture all the available German oversea trade, and ...

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  58. FURTHER RUSSIAN SUCCESSES.

    Sanguinary fighting continues along the front from Lublin to Kholm, where the Tenth Austrian Army Corps attempted to break the Russiin lines, and was ...

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  59. PRICE OF CONDENSED MILK.

    Owing to a printer's error, the price of condensed milk, fixed by the Control of Trade Board, was published on Saturday as 7d. per tin. The figures should have ...

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  60. THE NAVY'S TASK.

    The navy has undertaken the aerial defence of England, particularly London. Waterplanes are continually patrolling the cast coast and scarchlights are employed ...

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  61. THE PRIZE COURT.

    The Prize Court has been opened. Mr. Justice Evans ordered eight German vessels to be confiscated and sold. ...

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  63. HUNGARY AND BULGARIA.

    It is, officially denied that King Ferdinand of Bulgana in his reply to Hungary, expressed sympathy with Hungary. The ineident his resulted in the ...

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  65. BRITISH IN HAMBURG.

    An Australian who has reached London from Hamburg via Amsterdam estimates that there are 1000 British in Hamburg not counting the crews of 40 or 50 ...

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  66. THE STOCK EXCHANGES.

    After consulting leading traders and bankers of the country Mr. Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in order to facilitate the removal of difficulties ...

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  67. THE COMPENSATION.

    The Secretary of state for Foreign Affairs, Sir Edward Grey, writing to a recruiting meeting at Berwick, sold that England was engaged in ai conflict against ...

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  68. TURKEY'S NEUTRALITY.

    The Russian, French, and English Ambassadors have renewed the assurance that Turkey's independence and integrity will be maintained against all comers if Turkey ...

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  69. CRISIS IN SOUTH AMERICA.

    The Consuls-General of the (South American countries met with the object of forming a plan to establish credits, with the United States to enable them to ...

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  70. GERMANS AT MONS.

    A correspondent of the "Observer" at Ostend, who passed the German lines, visitad Mons, and states that the Germans, fearing an attack by the British ...

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  71. GOEBEN AND BRESLAU.

    The German crews are still aboard the cruisers Goeben and Bresiau. ...

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